Patents Examined by Xiaochun L Chen
  • Patent number: 11966814
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing surface code computations using Auto-CCZ states. In one aspect, a method for implementing a delayed choice CZ operation on a first and second data qubit using a quantum computer includes: preparing a first and second routing qubit in a magic state; interacting the first data qubit with the first routing qubit and the second data qubit with the second routing qubit using a first and second CNOT operation, where the first and second data qubits act as controls for the CNOT operations; if a received first classical bit represents an off state: applying a first and second Hadamard gate to the first and second routing qubit; measuring the first and second routing qubit using Z basis measurements to obtain a second and third classical bit; and performing classically controlled fixup operations on the first and second data qubit using the second and third classical bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Craig Gidney, Austin Greig Fowler
  • Patent number: 11967351
    Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes a physical unclonable function (PUF) cell array. The PUF cell array includes multiple bit cells, and generates a PUF response output, in response to a challenge input, based on a data state of one bit cell in the bit cells. Each of the bit cells stores a bit data and includes a transistor having a control terminal coupled to a word line and a first terminal coupled to a source line, a first memory cell having a first terminal coupled to a first data line and a second terminal coupled to a second terminal of the transistor, and a second memory cell having a first terminal coupled to a second data line, different from the first data line, and a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first memory cell at the second terminal of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chia-Che Chung, Chia-Jung Tsen, Ya-Jui Tsou, Chee-Wee Liu
  • Patent number: 11961552
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of bit lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction; and a cell region including a plane which is coupled to the plurality of bit lines, wherein the plane is divided into a plurality of memory groups each including a plurality of partial pages to be disposed in a plurality of rows in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventors: Sung Lae Oh, Jin Ho Kim, Sang Hyun Sung, Hyun Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 11955194
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system that comprises a memory device and a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations that include, responsive to detecting a triggering event, selecting a family of memory blocks of the memory device, the selected family being associated with a set of bins, each bin associated with a plurality of read voltage offsets to be applied to base read voltages during read operations. The operations performed by the processing device further include calibration operations to determine data state metric values characterizing application of read voltage offsets of various bins. The operations performed by the processing device further include identifying, based on the determined data state metrics, a target bin and associating the selected family with the target bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sheperek, Bruce A. Liikanen, Steven Michael Kientz
  • Patent number: 11948620
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes: a semiconductor substrate including first and second source regions coupled to a first power supply line and first and second drain regions coupled to a second power supply line, the first drain region being arranged between the first and second source regions, the second source region being arranged between the first and second drain regions; and gate electrodes including a first gate electrode arranged between the first source region and the first drain region, a second gate electrode arranged between the first drain region and the second source region, and a third gate electrode arranged between the second source region and the second drain region. The first and third gate electrodes are supplied with a first control signal. The second gate electrode is supplied with a second control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshida, Go Takashima, Haruka Momota
  • Patent number: 11948616
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a transistor, including a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal; a first magnetic memory structure, a bottom electrode of which is electrically connected to the first terminal of the transistor; a second magnetic memory structure, a top electrode of which is electrically connected to the first terminal of the transistor, the bottom electrode of the first magnetic memory structure is located in a same layer with a bottom electrode of the second magnetic memory structure; a first bit line, electrically connected to a top electrode of the first magnetic memory structure; a second bit line, electrically connected to the bottom electrode of the second magnetic memory structure; and a selection line, electrically connected to a second terminal of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., BEIJING SUPERSTRING ACADEMY OF MEMORY TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Wang, Dinggui Zeng, Huihui Li, Jiefang Deng, Kanyu Cao
  • Patent number: 11942143
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array that includes memory cells arranged in rows and columns, a row decoder that is configured to receive a row address, decode the row address, and adjust voltages of selection lines based on the decoded row address, a word line driver that is connected with the selection lines, is connected with the rows of the memory cells through word lines, and is configured to adjust voltages of the word lines in response to an internal clock signal and the voltages of the selection lines, and a detection circuit that is connected with the word lines and is configured to activate a detection signal in response to voltages of the word lines being identical at a specific timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chanho Lee, Jung-Hak Song
  • Patent number: 11942185
    Abstract: An Input/Output (I/O) circuit for a memory device is provided. The I/O circuit includes a charge integration circuit coupled to a bitline of the memory device. The charge integration circuit provides a sensing voltage based on a decrease of a voltage on the bitline. A comparator is coupled to the charge integration circuit. The comparator compares the sensing voltage with a reference voltage and provides an output voltage based on the comparison. A time-to-digital converter coupled to the comparator. The time-to-digital convertor converts a time associated with the output voltage to a digital value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Je-Min Hung, Win-San Khwa, Meng-Fan Chang
  • Patent number: 11935578
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments related to stacked memory devices, such as DRAMs, SRAMs, EEPROMs, ReRAMs, and CAMs. For example, stack position identifiers (SPIDs) are assigned or otherwise determined, and are used by each memory device to make a number of adjustments. In one embodiment, a self-refresh rate of a DRAM is adjusted based on the SPID of that device. In another embodiment, a latency of a DRAM or SRAM is adjusted based on the SPID. In another embodiment, internal regulation signals are shared with other devices via TSVs. In another embodiment, adjustments to internally regulated signals are made based on the SPID of a particular device. In another embodiment, serially connected signals can be controlled based on a chip SPID (e.g., an even or odd stack position), and whether the signal is an upstream or a downstream type of signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: III HOLDINGS 2, LLC
    Inventor: Michael C. Stephens, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11923009
    Abstract: The disclosure generally provides for a method of solving a K-SAT problem. The method comprises programming one or more clauses of a Boolean expression for a K-SAT problem written in negated disjunctive normal form (DNF) to a ternary-CAM (TCAM) array comprising columns and rows of TCAM cells, applying an interpretation comprising one or more binary variables expected to solve the Boolean expression as an input along the columns to the TCAM array, returning a binary value for each clause and updating one or more variables within the interpretation if at least one clause is violated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Giacomo Pedretti, Tobias Frederic Ziegler, Thomas Van Vaerenbergh, Catherine Graves
  • Patent number: 11922985
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device is provided. The magnetic memory device includes a spin orbit torque (SOT) source configured to generate SOT, and a magnetic fine wire of which one end contacts a main surface of the SOT source. A direction of SOT generated by the SOT source is perpendicular to a direction in which the magnetic fine wire extends, and a magnetic domain in the magnetic fine wire is parallel to the direction in which the magnetic fine wire extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syuta Honda, Yoshiaki Sonobe
  • Patent number: 11915767
    Abstract: A negative voltage switching device includes a first switching circuit configured to transmit a first negative voltage, a second switching circuit configured to transmit a second negative voltage, and a switching selection circuit configured to select one of the first switching circuit or the second switching circuit for transmitting one of the first negative voltage and the second negative voltage to an output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hyung Kim, Sung Bum Park, Kee Sik Ahn
  • Patent number: 11908502
    Abstract: A method for reducing noise in a read signal due attributable to read element asymmetry provides for transmitting a write signal through a write precompensation circuit that shifts rising edges and falling edges of each of pulse in the write signal by a select magnitude and in opposite directions. After the write signal is encoded on a media, a corresponding read signal is read, with a read element, from the media. The method further provides for transmitting the read signal through a magnetoresistive asymmetry compensation (MRAC) block that is tuned to correct second-order non-linearities characterized by a particular set of distortion signatures. The select magnitude of the waveform shift applied by the write precompensation circuit introduces a non-linear signal characteristic that combines with non-linear signal characteristics introduced by the read element to generate one of the particular distortion signatures that is correctable by the MRAC block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Walter R. Eppler, Drew Michael Mader
  • Patent number: 11908508
    Abstract: Memory devices and systems with partial array refresh control over memory regions in a memory array, and associated methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a memory array having a first memory region and a second memory region. The memory device is configured to write data to the memory array in accordance with a programming sequence by initially writing data to unutilized memory cells of the first memory region before initially writing data to unutilized memory cells of the second memory region. The memory device is further configured to determine that the data stored on the first and/or second memory regions is not consolidated, and to consolidate at least a portion of the data by rewriting the portion of the data to physically or logically contiguous memory cells of the first memory region and/or the second memory region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Dale H. Hiscock, Debra M. Bell, Michael Kaminski, Joshua E. Alzheimer, Anthony D. Veches, James S. Rehmeyer
  • Patent number: 11900990
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to circuits, systems, and methods of operation for a memory device. In an example, a memory device includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell having an impedance that varies in accordance with a respective data value stored therein; and a tracking memory cell having an impedance based on a tracking data value stored therein; and a read circuit coupled to the memory array, the read circuit configured to determine an impedance of a selected memory cells with respect to the impedance of the tracking memory cell; read a data value stored within the selected memory cell based upon a voltage change of a signal node voltage corresponding to the impedance of the selected memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: R&D3 LLC
    Inventor: Ravindraraj Ramaraju
  • Patent number: 11894078
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for accessing a multi-level memory cell are described. The memory device may perform a read operation that includes pre-read portion and a read portion to access the multi-level memory cell. During the pre-read portion, the memory device may apply a plurality of voltages to a plurality of memory cells to identify a likely distribution of memory cells storing a first logic state. During the read portion, the memory device may apply a first read voltage to a memory cell based on performing the pre-read portion. The memory device may apply a second read voltage to the memory cell during the read portion that is based on the first read voltage. The memory device may determine the logic state stored by the memory cell based on applying the first read voltage and the second read voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Karthik Sarpatwari, Xuan-Anh Tran, Jessica Chen, Jason A. Durand, Nevil N. Gajera, Yen Chun Lee
  • Patent number: 11894063
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes first conductive layers arranged in a first direction, a second conductive layer disposed at a position overlapping with the first conductive layers viewed from the first direction, a third conductive layer disposed at a position overlapping with the first conductive layers viewed from the first direction and arranged with the second conductive layer in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, a first semiconductor column opposed to the first conductive layers and the second conductive layer, a second semiconductor column opposed to the first conductive layers and the third conductive layer, and a fourth conductive layer disposed between the second conductive layer and the third conductive layer. The fourth conductive layer has a length in the second direction smaller than a length of the second conductive layer in the second direction and a length of the third conductive layer in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Nayuta Kariya
  • Patent number: 11894089
    Abstract: A memory is provided. The memory includes banks, each bank includes a U half bank and a V half bank; a first error checking and correcting unit connected with the U half banks and the V half banks and configured to check and correct errors of output data of the U half banks and the V half banks; and a second error checking and correcting unit connected with the U half banks and the V half banks and configured to check and correct errors of the output data of the U half banks and the V half banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Weibing Shang, Hongwen Li, Liang Zhang, Kangling Ji, Sungsoo Chi, Daoxun Wu, Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 11887669
    Abstract: A memory device includes a cell group and a control circuit. The cell group includes plural non-volatile memory cells capable of storing data. The control circuit performs a program operation for programming data in the plural non-volatile memory cells through a plurality of program loops, each program loop including a unit program operation for applying a program pulse to the plural non-volatile memory cells and a verification operation for verifying a result of the unit program operation. The control circuit uses a current detection circuit for detecting whether a threshold voltage distribution of the plural non-volatile memory cells satisfies a reference in a specific program loop of the plurality of program loops. The control circuit terminates the program operation after applying a preset program pulse to the plural non-volatile memory cells in a next program loop following the specific program loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hyung Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11887685
    Abstract: A Fail Bit (FB) repair method and device can be applied to repairing an FB in a chip. The method includes: a bank to be repaired including multiple target repair regions in a chip to be repaired is determined; first repair processing is performed on a first FB in each target repair region by using a redundant circuit; a second FB position determination step is executed to determine a bit position of a second FB, and second repair processing is performed on the second FB; unrepaired FBs in each target repair region is determined, and the second FB position determination step is recursively executed to obtain a test repair position of each unrepaired FB to perform third repair processing on the unrepaired FB according to the test repair position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Yui-Lang Chen